Fish Food

Blogs are boring. We’ve fished and caught the latest insights and information you need to make better IT hiring decisions, or to take your technology career to the next level. We serve it up as Fish Food. Tasty bites that are good for you.

We’ve all experienced a stressful day (or week) of work, but you’re getting into problem territory when those exhausting situations are available on tap and the workplace demands are unrelenting. That’s why we find the number of tech professionals regularly feeling burnout on the job alarming. In 2018, a survey…...

South Florida Technical Staffing Firm Honored with Top Local Businesses. BOCA RATON, FL – Consultis, an IT workforce solutions provider, is proud to announce being named an honoree to the South Florida Business Journal’s 2019 Best Places to Work. This is the first time this women owned staffing firm has…...

1. Briefly describe your Consultis journey. I started at Consultis just about a year ago after being recruited by long-time friend and current manager, Dana Ingram. It was the first company I had worked for in years that has been outside of the health and medical industries. Although my…...

Flying cop cars, laser cannons, and organ farms (yikes)? The top tech innovations that old school movies predicted for 2019 are not going mainstream any time soon. However, plenty of impactful (yet less cinematic) IT developments are becoming an everyday part of the business world. From our experience, IT professionals…...

Businesses are only as effective as the people they hire. It’s a simple but true maxim that’s tough to live up to these days. The U.S. job market is experiencing the perfect storm of a full employment economy and tech talent shortage, so much so that 76% of decision makers…...

So, you have a stellar resume, polished online portfolio, and a laundry list of skillsets – but aren’t having any luck connecting with your dream positions. What gives? It’s a reality that many IT job seekers are familiar with, and the answer lies in one incredibly broad buzzword: Networking. Even…...

1. Briefly describe your Consultis journey. I was working for another agency when Consultis acquired them in May, 2016. Two days after the purchase, I interviewed with Jaime, accepted the position and started working the same day! 2. What do you love most about your job? This is hard because…...

Has there long been a vacancy sign flashing over one of your IT positions? Though there’s an unspoken cost, it’s likely more than you would estimate. In fact, Glassdoor estimated that in recent years the roughly 260,000 unfilled jobs in the IT sector equated to $20.1 billion in lost value.…...

1. Briefly describe your Consultis journey. 19 years ago I made a career change and joined the Consultis team in San Antonio as an Account Manager. I was fortunate to work with some great people who helped develop my knowledge of the IT industry. I’ve also had some great examples…...

Nothing beats the relief of finding your unicorn candidate and swiftly moving them through your hiring process. However, even if a candidate passes your interview with flying colors, there’s still one more question to ask: did you pass their interview? With an estimated one million more computing jobs than candidates…...